China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS)has issued a class-A warrant for the arrest of a 39-year-old man suspected of murdering five persons on three occasions and defrauding 210,000 yuan (28,000 U.S. dollars) in northeast China.

The fugitive, Liu Renfeng, was suspected of involvement in a homicide case that occurred on Nov. 28 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, in which one person was killed.

According to police investigation, the fugitive was also suspected of robbing and killing two persons on May 2, 2000, in Harbin.

He was involved in an aborted robbery-murder case on Nov. 4 in Harbin.

Liu stroke again three days later and killed another person in the same city.

He was also suspected of cheating 210,000 yuan (28,000 U.S. dollars) from others in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, on June 28, 2003.

According to the ministry, Liu is 170 centimeters high with a fair complexion. He has single-edged eyelids and a Liaoning accent. A reward of 50,000 yuan (about 6,667 U.S. dollars) has been offered for information leading to his arrest.

(Xinhua News Agency December 7, 2007)